NCAA Tournament March Madness

#132 Davidson

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Davidson sits on the bubble because its résumé mixes valuable road and neutral victories with a set of damaging blowouts and needless setbacks. A neutral win over Boston College and true road victories at Charlotte, Loyola–Chicago and George Washington prove the Wildcats can win away from home, but lopsided losses at Utah State and at Kansas and a brutal defeat at Rhode Island along with setbacks to St Mary’s and Temple have left obvious blemishes. The nonconference willingness to chase tough opponents bolsters the strength of schedule, yet the worst results have erased much of that benefit. With conference games remaining at Richmond and Dayton, home tests against St Louis and Richmond, road dates at Fordham and Duquesne and a final trip to St Bonaventure, Davidson controls the opportunity to repair its resume because road and neutral success in those matchups would restore its profile while continued inconsistency would make the conference title the clearest path to the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Washington St140W85-69
11/11@Charlotte172W62-55
11/15Bowling Green128W91-87
11/21(N)Boston College145W59-49
11/23(N)Utah St30L94-60
11/28NC A&T296W90-74
12/4Citadel352W79-63
12/7St Mary's CA36L70-61
12/13Mercyhurst300W80-47
12/18Temple152L68-63
12/22@Kansas14L90-61
12/30Duquesne135L89-83
1/3@St Joseph's PA157W62-56
1/7@Loyola-Chicago318W79-64
1/10Rhode Island103L70-45
1/14@G Washington64W84-79
1/21Fordham200W68-63
1/24VCU46L75-69
1/28@George Mason76L60-52
1/31@Richmond11636%
2/3St Louis2519%
2/6Loyola-Chicago31892%
2/15@Dayton8525%
2/18Richmond11658%
2/21@Fordham20055%
2/25@Duquesne13540%
3/1La Salle22279%
3/4St Joseph's PA15768%
3/7@St Bonaventure14644%